title: Quantitation of HIV-1gag DNA and RNA From Single Frozen Cell Pellets.
abstract: The assessment of viral load in the blood, tissues, and bodily fluids of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus is fundamental to defining the stage of disease (1-3), the effect of antiviral treatments to abate disease (4, 5), disease progression (6-8), and propensity for the transmission of disease (9,10) as well. Now accepted as a surrogate for all of these features of HIV-1 disease, specific guidelines have been adopted for the use of viral load measures in the clinical management of the disease (11).
authors.affiliation: Division of Retrovirology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vahey
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Barrick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nau